TIFF is reimagining its family programming to grow with the evolution of TIFF audiences and as a result, will be retiring the annual TIFF Kids International Film Festival. TIFF will continue to showcase family-friendly films throughout the year and host workshops and screenings for high school students.

“We refreshed our offerings because we’re listening very closely to our audiences, and continuing our Audience First strategy. We’ve heard that people are seeking unique experiences and more variety, and this pivot means we can invest greater energy and resources into better serving our family and youth audiences — a new generation of film lovers who are incredibly passionate about culture and the discovery of film. TIFF will always be a place for lifelong learning where people of all ages and walks of life can come together to experience programming that transforms the way they see the world. Thank you to everyone who has supported TIFF Kids over the past 20+ years.”
— Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director and Co-Head, TIFF

Jason Anderson is the co-programmer for Short Cuts at TIFF, and also serves as the director of programming for the Kingston Canadian Film Festival. He writes regularly about film for such publications as Cinema Scope, Sight & Sound, Uncut, the Toronto Star, and TIFF.net’s The Review, and has also served as a writer and consultant for Viceland’s VICE Guide to Film (16). 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As a programmer for the Toronto International Film Festival, Gravestock has selected Canadian features since 2004, and is also responsible for selections from the Philippines and the Nordic Region. Many of the films he has programmed have gone on to be nominated for Academy Awards, among them Petter Næss’ Elling, Mikael Hafstrom's Evil, Denis Villeneuve's Incendies, Philippe Falardeau's Monsieur Lazhar, and Susanne Bier’s In a Better World, which took home the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2011.\\n \\nGravestock has written extensively on cinema for many publications including the Toronto Star, POV Magazine, Magazine, and Cinema Scope. His essay on Bruce McDonald was published in the anthology North of Everything, and his monograph Don Owen: Notes on a Filmmaker and His Culture was published by TIFF and distributed by Wilfred Laurier University Press and Indiana University Press in 2005. 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Kerri Craddock joined TIFF in 2007 and is the Director of Programming for the Toronto International Film Festival. Craddock selects films from Western Europe, Turkey and the USA, and programmes for the Gala and Special Presentations sections, as well as supporting the Platform section. She regularly represents the organization at the Sundance, Berlin and Cannes film festivals, serves on juries for feature and documentary films, and speaks on industry panels. She served the Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival features panel in 2012, and on the National Ballet of Canada’s Turnout Cabinet from 2011 to 2014.\\r